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Regina City (provincial Electoral District)
Regina City is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Regina City elected a single MLA 1905 to 1917. It elected two members 1921 to 1948, three members in 1952 and 1956, and four members in 1960. In each election where Regina elected multiple MLAs, each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to be filled (block voting). Its MLA 1916-1922 was Premier William Melville Martin. The district of Regina City existed from 1905 to 1964 when it was divided into: *Regina East (2 members) *Regina North *Regina South *Regina West (2 members) MLAs # James Franklin Bole, Liberal (1905-1916) #William Melville Martin, Liberal (1916-1922) # James Albert Cross, Liberal (1921-1925) # Donald Alexander McNiven, Liberal (1922-1929) # M. A. MacPherson, Conservative (1925-1934) #James Grassick, Conservative (1929-1934) #Percy McCuaig Anderson, Liberal (1934-1944) #William Franklin Kerr, Liberal (1934-1938) #Bamm David Hogarth, Liberal (1938) # Bernard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy McCuaig Anderson
Percy McCuaig Anderson (January 9, 1879 – November 19, 1948) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Regina City from 1934 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in Paisley, Ontario and was educated in Uxbridge, in Belleville and at Queen's University. He studied law in Winnipeg, Manitoba and then moved to Saskatchewan, working with a law firm in Regina. In 1911, he married Edith Leslie. Anderson was named King's Counsel in 1919. He was president of the Regina Board of Trade from 1920 to 1921. He served as chairman of the Saskatchewan war labor mobilization board during World War II. In November 1938, he resigned his seat in the assembly when he was named to the Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench. In 1946, Anderson was appointed to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA) is a Canadian appellate court. Jurisdiction and structure The Saskatchewan Court of Appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Charles Whelan
Edward Charles Whelan (August 6, 1919 – December 11, 2007) was a political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Regina City from 1960 to 1964, Regina North from 1964 to 1967 and Regina North West from 1967 to 1979 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as firstly a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party member and then as a New Democratic Party member. He was born in Amherstburg, Ontario, the son of Charles Bernard Whelan and Frances Kelly, and was educated in local schools and at the Toronto Technical School. Whelan took over the operation of the family farm following the death of his father. Later, he worked as a machinist in automobile plants in Windsor. Whelan moved to Saskatchewan in 1943 and took up farming there. In 1948, he married Pemrose Henry. Whelan served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Mineral Resources and as Minister of Consumer Affairs. With his wife, he published a book on the life of Tommy Douglas, ''Touched by Tommy''. His br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Emrys Blakeney
Allan Emrys Blakeney (September 7, 1925April 16, 2011) was the tenth premier of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982, and leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP). Early life and career Born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Blakeney took his law degree at Dalhousie Law School, winning the gold medal. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Queen's College, Oxford, where he played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club. He earned a bachelor's degree, second class, in politics and economics. On returning to Canada, he passed the Nova Scotia bar exam in 1950. He then took a job with the Saskatchewan civil service, eventually becoming a senior civil servant in Saskatchewan, before he entered politics in 1960 and represented part of Regina. He would represent a Regina-based riding without interruption until his retirement in 1988. Blakeney served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Tommy Douglas and Woodrow S. Lloyd until the government was defeated in 1964. As minister of health, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Alexandra Cooper
Marjorie Alexandra Cooper (May 28, 1902 – September 12, 1984) was an educator, civil servant, and political figure in Saskatchewan. She represented Regina City from 1952 to 1964 and Regina West from 1964 to 1967 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. She was the third woman elected to the Saskatchewan assembly and the longest sitting female member of the assembly. Born Marjorie Alexandra Lovering, she was the daughter of Henry Langston Lovering and Annie Jane Boselly, both natives of Ontario, in Winnipeg, Manitoba and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1907. Cooper taught school in McCord from 1919 to 1925, when she married Ed Cooper. She was president of the Regina YWCA The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Melvin Fines
Clarence Melvin Fines (August 16, 1905 – October 27, 1993) was a Canadian politician, teacher and union leader. He was provincial treasurer of the province of Saskatchewan during the Tommy Douglas era, and also served as Deputy Premier. Born in Darlington, Manitoba, Fines was educated at both the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba and received a BA. He became a teacher and principal in Regina, and would later serve three years as the President of the Regina Teachers' Association. He then served two years as the President of the Regina Branch of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation. While serving as an assistant principal at the same school as Major James Coldwell, Fines became involved with the Independent Labour Party (ILP), which Coldwell headed.Johnson, p. 13 In 1931, Fines was elected president of the ILP, at the Western Conference of Labour Political Parties.Johnson, p. 15 He strived to merge the farmer and the labour political movements under one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cromwell Williams
Charles Cromwell Williams (February 9, 1896 – January 31, 1975) was a railway worker and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Regina City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member from 1944 to 1964. He was born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan and was educated in Wapella and at Brandon College. Williams was hired as a telegraph operator in Manitoba for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was wounded while serving in the Canadian Army during World War I. On his return, Williams worked as a station agent for the Grand Trunk Railway in the Canadian prairies, moving to Regina in 1931. He was elected to Regina city council in 1937 but was defeated in 1939. Williams ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in a 1938 by-election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Regina in 1940 and then served as mayor from 1942 to 1944. Williams was Minister of Labour in the province's Executive Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard J
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in France. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of Germany ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamm David Hogarth
Bamm David Hogarth (October 24, 1887 – November 13, 1966) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Regina City from 1938 to 1944 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba, the son of George A. Hogarth, of Scottish descent, and was educated in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Hogarth was first employed as a newspaper delivery boy for the ''Winnipeg Free Press''. He came to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1906. Hogarth was called to the Saskatchewan bar in 1913 and practised law in Regina. He married Mabel Melrose Scott. In 1935, he was named King's Counsel. Hogarth was a lecturer at Wetmore Hall law school in Regina until it became part of the University of Saskatchewan. He represented the Canadian government and the RCMP at the Royal Commission that investigated the Regina riot of 1935. In 1944, he was named to the District Court for Regina. Hogarth retired from the bench in October 1962. He died in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Franklin Kerr
William Franklin Kerr (October 25, 1876 – March 11, 1968) was a journalist and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Regina City from 1934 to 1938 and Turtleford from 1938 to 1944 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. Biography He was born in Goderich, Ontario, the son of Dawson Kerr and Frances E. Hale, and was educated in St. Thomas, Ontario. He began work as a telegraph delivery boy for the Canadian Pacific Railway and later worked in the telegraph office for the Canadian House of Commons. In 1898, Kerr went west and worked for three years with the ''Winnipeg Free Press'', before moving to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1902 to become editor of the '' Weekly Leader''. In 1904, he married Sara W. Sharman. The ''Post'' became a daily in 1905. In the same year, Kerr became owner of the newspaper and retained control until August 1920. At that time, he was named commissioner for the Canadian Red Cross in Saskatchewan. In 1924, he became Legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grassick
James Grassick (March 2, 1868 – August 4, 1956) was a businessman and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Regina City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 as a Conservative. Biography He was born in Fergus, Ontario, the son of George Grassick and Ann Jane Bell, both natives of Scotland, and moved to Manitoba with his parents in 1878. The family settled in Regina, Saskatchewan four years later. Grassick worked in the delivery business for a time before establishing the Capital Ice Company. He was also an agent for the Imperial Oil Company. In 1897, he married Jessie Beattie. Grassick served on Regina town council from 1900 to 1904 and was mayor from 1920 to 1922 and again from 1940 to 1941. He died when he was hit by the driver of a vehicle at the age of 88. There are two parks and a street named in his honor in the city of Regina. There is also a lake in northern Saskatchewan named after him. His daughter Marion married Edwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the United States, U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2022, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,205,119. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan’s total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs and List of lakes in Saskatchewan, lakes. Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province, while the northern half is mostly forested and sparsely populated. Roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon or the provincial capital Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Melfort, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
